Arkansas vs Idaho
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arkansas comes out ahead on 6 of them and Idaho on 9, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureArkansasIdaho
Home price$228,662$482,199
Rent paid$938$1,251
Cost of living89.699.9
Income$62,106$81,166
Property tax0.56%0.50%
Income tax3.90%5.30%
Sales tax9.48%6.03%
Electric bill$139$112
Temperature62.2°F50.2°F
Snowfall6.8 in17.8 in
Precipitation52.1 in17.4 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.618.4
Bachelor's or higher27.1%33.0%
Crime rate579231
Commute22.7 min22.2 min
Unemployment4.1%3.7%
Population change+3.4%+10.4%
Wildfire risk64.790.4
Flood risk72.369.5
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.